Coronavirus

Kolkata: Chiranjib Dhibar, 30, who hails from Durgapur, West Bengal is likely to become the first person to participate in the clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine in Odisha. Dhibar,...

New Delhi: Masks and sanitisers are no longer in the list of the Essential Commodities as there are no reports of their shortage, said the Centre on  Wednesday. The items...

Sonepur: The Sonepur district administration on Wednesday announced mandatory institutional/home quarantine for people returning from 13  hotspot districts of Odisha. Those travelling to Sonepur from Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur,...

Cuttack: Following detection of COVID-19 cases, the authorities of the SCB Medical College and Hospital here on Wednesday shut its Out Patient Department (OPD). Two persons were found infected in...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren went into self-quarantine at his Ranchi residence after a minister he came in contact with tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a statement...

Berhampur: After sealing its border with Khurda, the Ganjam administration on Wednesday closed all routes connecting the district with Nayagarh to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases. Odagaon, Rohibank and...

Cuttack: Four of the 17 new COVID-19 positive cases in Cuttack district have been detected in areas under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits. According to a CMC tweet, two cases...

Balasore: The COVID-19 tally in Balasore district rose to 466 on Wednesday with 26 fresh cases being reported in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, 11 were reported...

Sambalpur: Amid rising COVID-19 cases, the Sambalpur administration on Wednesday declared two-day shutdown in some areas of Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) from Thursday. Burla area (from Ward-3 to Ward-7) under...

Bhubaneswar: A day after shutting  Regional Transport Office (RTO)-I, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday decided to close RTO-II in the Odisha capital till July 13. The decision was...